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Category Archives: History
Objects Lost and Found At Grand Central Over The Past 100 Years
Fascinating Museum Of Memories Collection Displayed At Grand Central Terminal’s Transit Museum Annex This year marks the 100th anniversary of the current Grand Central Terminal. Jane Greengold is one of a dozen contemporary artists taking part in an exhibition, On … Continue reading
May Day Parade New York City 1935
Or What’s Wrong With This Photograph? New York City used to have an annual May Day Parade where Socialists, Communists, unions and other pro-labor forces would march down a route and finally assemble around Union Square. Most of the time … Continue reading
7 Amazing, Little Known Facts Surrounding President McKinley’s Assassination
The Assassin’s Body: Destroyed or Preserved? Silence in New York City and The McKinley Islands The McKinley Islands? It could have been, had Congress passed a bill to rename The Philippine Islands after the assassination of the 25th President of … Continue reading
Posted in History, New York
Tagged Assassination, New York Tribune, Unusual, William McKinley
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Crime In New York In 1852
“Charged With The Most Heinous Crimes” In The New-York Daily Times of August 3, 1852 on page 3 there appears a summary of events occurring in New York City. The most interesting parts comprising this article of brief news items … Continue reading
Old Time Ads From The 1910 World Almanac – Part 2
More Interesting Ads From The 1910 World Almanac We continue our look at the 1910 World Almanac And Encyclopedia’s advertising. The New York World newspaper used their annual publication of the Almanac as a way to advertise their own newspaper. … Continue reading
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Tagged Advertising, Evergreens Cemetery, New York World, World Almanac
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Old Time Ads From The 1910 World Almanac – Part 1
Huckesterism 101 – Useful? Crazy? How Products Were Advertised In The 1910 World Almanac One big difference between old advertising and today’s advertisements, is that today you sometimes have to scrutinize the ad to discover exactly what it is they … Continue reading
The Stowaway
Illegal Immigration 1931 Stows Away in Box To Enter America He tried to come to America in a box of hats, but now he has to go back to France. Louis Chianese nailed himself carefully in a wooden box, with … Continue reading
Posted in History, New York, Photography
Tagged France, Illegal Immigration, Immigration
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Old New York In Photos #28
New York City In Old Color Photographs At The Turn Of The Century Life was colorful in turn of the century New York City. But because almost all the photographs we see from that era are in black and white, … Continue reading
Posted in History, New York, Old New York In Photos, Photography
Tagged Bowery, City Hall, Elevated, Fifth Avenue, Highbridge, New York Sun, New York Times, New York Tribune, New York World, Park Row, Postcards, Tammany Hall
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Old New York in Postcards #5
Postcards of Old New York - Featuring Broadway and Fifth Avenue These postcards generally depict New York from 1900 – 1920. We are concentrating this batch on the well traveled areas of Broadway and Fifth Avenue. As the brief description … Continue reading
Magic Trick Gone Wrong
Unusual Death -1909 From The Washington Times March 14, 1909 BOY IS STRANGLED BY COLLAR BUTTON New York, March 14 – George A. Anderson, a ten-year-old Brooklyn lad, swallowed a collar button and died a few minutes later. He was … Continue reading
Posted in History, Strange Phenomena
Tagged 1909, Brooklyn, Magic, Unusual, Washington Times
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